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Last week we asked: Where might you repair to if you looked to the Occident and found a Scottish place of worship, a collection of sharp objects and a central depression, located alongside an antipodean street?
This question gave us clues to the surnames of various restoration experts appearing in The Repair Shop on 麻豆社 television. In order they are Brendan West, Will Kirk, Amanda Middleditch, Jay Blades and Kirsten Ramsay.

Q1聽 What joyful activity might unite a Congolese international well known at Ewood Park; an Oscar-winning Austrian well known to Tarantino; and Dickens's underworld orphan well known to us all?
Q2 (from Thisbe Archer)聽 If you move around Sweden, you might find seeking refuge from the sun takes you to the underworld, a piece of playground equipment takes you to Paul McCartney, and a single-masted sailing vessel takes you round in circles. Can you explain?
Q3聽 Four voices: Why might any or all of these men predict the future?
Q4聽 Unscramble the following: an alliance between a Cockney rebel and a stand-up with links to Ariana and Kim; the faithful companion of Cio-Cio San; an Italian wasp; and one of Kipling's impostors.聽
Q5 (from Eddy Bayton)聽 Starting in Detroit in 1966, Reach Out numerically. Then extrapolate to produce a greeting from Neil Sedaka. Then multiply again to find the age Vera, Chuck and Dave's grandparents have achieved. What's the next number in the sequence?
Q6 (from Maddy Wilson)聽 Music: Can you put these in the correct order?
Q7聽 Why might you find a much-travelled cricket coach, a film director who might be a Renaissance playwright, the Prince of Motown and ten to the power of twelve, all waiting by the astral roadside?
Q8 (from Lalage Cambell)聽 How did a Swiss harvest, an erosion problem in the Indian Ocean and a green re-branding proposal all leave people feeling foolish?

When faced with a Venetian mystery, an apocalyptic threat from space or a tour by Bob Dylan, why should you avert your eyes?
No need to write to us with the solution but we'll reveal it at the beginning of the next edition of Round Britain Quiz.